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The relative efficiency of two commercial live‐traps for small mammals
Author(s) -
Lambin Xavier,
MacKin James
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb05814.x
Subject(s) - biology , trap (plumbing) , microtus , trapping , zoology , population , ecology , demography , geography , sociology , meteorology
Data obtained from live‐trapping a population of field voles, Microtus agrestis, over a seven‐month period was used to compare the trapping efficiencies of the Longworth and the Ugglan Mouse Special traps. The Ugglan Mouse Special is a cheaper alternative that is widely used in Scandinavia. Biases in the sex or age of captured animals were the same for both types of trap and the total numbers of captures were similar. There was no evidence that individual animals were more likely to be captured in the same type of trap at each capture session. We conclude that the Ugglan Mouse Special trap is a practical alternative to the Longworth trap for studies of small mammals by capture‐mark‐recapture techniques.